MONITORING & TRACKING THE FIELD - Impact of COVID-19 within Sport Organizations

Layout 1 MONITORING & TRACKING THE FIELD CFLRI’S BULLETIN SERIES MONITORING SPORT AND RECREATION IN CANADA Impact of COVID-19 within Sport Organizations The Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute’s Table 1: Impact of COVID-19 on organizational capacity within (CFLRI) 2020-2021 Sport Organizations survey asked sport organizations administrators about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic %. [...] extent (that is, to some or a great extent) in providing Region Perceptions about the extent of the pandemic’s Overall, the overwhelming impact on sport organizations’ organizational capacity, majority of sport organizations programming and facilities are lower in the Atlantic, compared to the national average. [...] More specifically, lower have been impacted by the percentages of sport organizations in the Atlantic indicate pandemic in providing sport that the pandemic has impacted their revenue, ability to and recreation opportunities provide quality programming, or ability to open andmaintain facilities to a great extent compared to the to their membership. [...] for long-term operational impacts, ability to recover and The majority of sport organizations reported impacts to membership retention, while slightly fewer (21%) did not revenue, human resources, ability to deliver quality think they would be able to recover in the absence of programming, or the ability to open and maintain facilities. [...] Sport and recreation providers will need to Sport organizations may need to consider alternate ways consider alternative options for providing programming, of providing sport and recreation programming to remain particularly in the event of future pandemics to ensure viable during and in the post-pandemic era.